as the fighting continues in iraq, the first u.s. special forces arrive in baghdad. live in the iraqi capital. hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha. also on the programme - as libyans choose a new government hundreds of turks are fled after a thread from a retired general. help arrives for those who fled the battle with the taliban. was there is a bite? luis

suarez hit with a disciplinary charge at the world cup. the official forces, u.s. official forces and military advisors are in baghdad. it is a big task. these are the areas held by rebels, mostly in the north and the west. they'll be particularly interested in what is going on at the baiji oil refinery. more than 1,000 people have died this month alone. let's go to our correspondent, imran khan, live in baghdad. imran, what are the iraqis hoping to get out the u.s. special forces, and military advisors? >> they'll be hoping the special forces military advisors can give them advice on tactics and

weaponry needed to go and send ground troops into places like mosul and other places on the map. there are 300 of them arriving over the next couple of weeks. the first lot will be basing themselves at a camp near the baghdad international airport. that's where they'll train the elite of the iraqi army. the purpose is advice. the frustration from a lot of the government officials is that the u.s. only sent military advisors, they didn't send in military equipment. the iraqis have been asking for, it has to be said, for the last couple of years. the americans are being careful with the type of help that they are giving the rick yois. what the -- iraqis. what the americans want is for a government to be formed, a unity government, and they can offer more help. the first of the 300 u.s. special force advisors here in baghdad likely to be in a camp

in the airport and training the elite of the ricky army -- reiki army. >> reporter: these pictures on monday show the rebels are running the up to. by providing services they hope they'll get the local people to combat. >> translation: praise to god everything is normal in life and security. things are better in comparison to how they used to be under the control of the tyrants. >> reporter: it's been said that the rebels are acting in a tactical manner. >> translation: it surprised people in the high command, by the speed of the attack and the civic services and management of the towns that the i.s.i.l. provided. it's not just about providing services. a key tactic is taking over border posts.

they have taken obvious posts on the border with jordan and syria. it allows them to bring in reinforcements into iraq, and the military equipment that they captured. things like humm very cars and they are able to take those from iraq back into syria. on the jordanian side you can see there's little traffic suggesting that the rebels have control of the crossing. >> translation: the army is retreating from the border, and the whole situation is unavailable. >> what has surprised many is not just the speed in which the rebels have taken obvious the towns, but the strategic thinking that came with it. military analysts say the rebels are using experience in syria and iraq to their advantage and that's why they are a formidable enemy to the security forces. what is happening at the baiji oil refinery? have rebels taken it? >> over the last few days we

keep hearing that the baiji oil refinery is in control of rebels, but the government insists it's in their control. in the last 10 minutes iraqi state tv showed a report where they landed helicopters inside baiji. we are trying to find out when the report was filmed. it's likely to have been filmed in the last 12 hours. they fly from an airstrip outside of baiji. they go and show the oil refinery. black spoke pouring out. they say they hit the oil field to get raid of i.s.i.l. fighters. they land in the baiji oil refinery. they don't move around the oil refinery. it is big, 15 square kilometres. now we can say having seeing the pictures that part of baiji oil refinery is in control of the government. so after this days of toing and

froing between the rebels, and the iraqi government about the media claims about who is in control. we are finally seeing pictures that suggest that the government is partly in control of that oil refinery. >> thank you for that, our correspondent imran khan live from baghdad. thousands of iranians have been demonstrating in support of a fight against sunni armed troops. many gathered in conor trainor, and are -- in tehran and are ready to take up arms. in pakistan gunmen opened fire at a plane as it landed at the main airport. one person was killed and three others injured. the pakistani international airlines flight carrying 178 passengers travelled from riyadh. no one claimed responsibility. security in pakistan worsens, we

were told that the army is being forced to take action against the talibanism. >> you might have seen a statement coming from the taliban saying they are doing this on purpose because they want international flights to stop coming, they want international business people to leave pakistan. they want pakistan to actually bend down and start talking to the taliban. the army obviously was forced into taking action. they were initially reluctant to go after them for two reasons - number one, they were not - it was difficult to go into the tribal area and defeat them. obviously in the past they had links to the groups. so they didn't want to take the action. another - they are involved and have launched on operation. so i think military is capable of fighting, then it can, if it

wants to, and it doesn't want to fight. it will take some time. tuckey moved hun -- turkey moved hundreds of its citizens, worried about a threat by retired general khalifa haftar warning many to leave. libyans are heading to the polls, there's infighting and chaos. >> reporter: final preparations are under way for the parliamentary elections. many thought voting would never take place on time. tripped up by weeks of deadlock and a dire security situation, the elections will replace the highly divisive congress, a parliamentary body elected in 2012. hopes rest on the elections, hanging by a thread. the previous election let us down. i hope with this it will push

our country forward. >> whoever you speak to wants the same thing, order and security. the country is run by militias, governments failed to rein them in. authorities rely on militias, many on the payroll. they kidnapped a prime minister, attacked a parliament and held millions hostage. libyans will tell you these are the worst times since the 2011 revolution. >> the time when we are choosing a parliament is a sensitive time, a critical time with the fighting in benghazi. all of this will affect us and sabotage and corrupt the process. many have lost faith in the political process in a country where the gun rules. general khalifa haftar launched a campaign against what he called terrorist groups in the east. there's an absence of government control. despite the challenges, the head

of the election commission is positive about the elections for a new body which would in terms elect a new prime minister. we in the commission are optimistic about election day on the 25th. all indications are positive regarding the success of this process. >> the challenge will be to find a person and government that all libyans can be agreed upon. libya is divided upon tribal lines. some people will tell you that it has become an impossible task. nigerian security forces are investigating the mass abduction of 60 girls and women in the north. the latest kidnappings are reported to have taken place in borno. gunmen seized the women and girls and 30 mails from the villages close to chibok, a village where 200 school girls

were taken. nigeria's government has been criticised for not doing enough to fro the girls. fighters from boko haram said they carried out the kidnapping. andrew simmonds is in north-east nigeria. >> reporter: no confirmation, indeed a denial, on the kidnapages. information from a -- kidnappings. more information from a scr local op initial speaking by -- official speaking by telephone saying there were more than 90 taken hostage over a 3-day period and amongst them 60 women, and amongst those a group of children, aimed between three and 12. these incidents were supposed to have taken place over a 3-day period. that's from thursday, friday and saturday. also, they were around about 30km from chibok, the school

where there were more than 200 abductions, more than two months ago. we are in day 71 of the crisis, and 219 school girls are still missing. now, boko haram are the suspects in this latest report of kidnapping. the reasoning behind it, if it's true, is unclear. some are speculating it could be to put the heat on authorities, to try to get the whole story back into the public light in an attempt to get the freedom of some of their prisoners in possible negotiations that might be taking place. >> coming up on the programme - a ceasefire on the verge of breaking down. bullets and shells fired in eastern ukraine. n.a.t.o. foreign ministers hold another meeting. plus silent protests. rival news networks stand in solidarity with al jazeera's

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switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. jool doed to have -- good to have you with us, these are the top stories. american advisors arrive in baghdad, assisting the forces to push back the rebels across north-west of the iraq. turkey moved hundreds of its

citizens from libya. they are worried about a threat by the retired germ who warned turks to leave the east within two days. gunmen in pakistan opened fire as a plane landed. one killed, three injured. security forces are searching for the gunmen. ukraine's new president threatened to end a ceasefire deal with pro-russian separatists. president petro porashenko ordered his soldiers to fire back if attacked. the announcement came hours after a military helicopter was shot down. all nine on board were killed. 920 died in violence in the east in the past two months. n.a.t.o. foreign ministers are meeting in brussels for diplomacy talks. the military alliance says it will review its relationship with russia, which is accused of

being behind armed groups in the east. in a moment we'll speak to our cropping at the talk in -- correspondent at the talk in brussels, first to paul brennan in donetsk. are we in danger of seeing the ceasefire breaking? >> well, the ceasefire has been under strain, never to the extent of the last 24 hours. indiscipline is excusable given what is happening in the front lines, but the separatist hot bed has been a problem area, and the downing of a helicopter not by small arms fire, but a deliberate act of a rocket launcher or missile, that cannot be pushed away or excused as a drunken mistake by a junior officer on the front line. it was a decision that had been made by the separatist leadership, the separatist militia to bring the helicopter down. it puts a great strain on the

ceasefire way was having issues in the east. president petro porashenko in cove met with his national security chief and the prime minister. he'll have a teleconference by telephone with vladimir putin, a russian president and the german chancellor and francis hollande, the french president. you see the high level of discussions going on as to what to do next. if he chooses to end the ceasefire, we are in unknown territory. the reality is that he can't be seen not to answer the challenge that the separatists have laid down to him. thank you for that. let's go to our correspondent in brussels. nadine barber. what is n.a.t.o. going to do there about ukraine? >> the secretary-general arrived for the talks and said they are reviewing relations with russia

and sou no signs that -- saw no signs that russia was meeting international commitments. a lot of ministers had sharp words for russia over the continued involvement in the east of ukraine, supporting separatists who they allege were social for the shooting of the helicopter. the belgium foreign minister says the ceasefire seemed to lack credibility. william hague, britain's foreign minister said that there's a possibility that the european union could move to sanctions against russia. there's an e.u. summit at the end of the week. a lot of people want to see proof that they want to pressure separatists in the heest between now and the end of the week. >> russia's aggression against ukraine led to the suspension of the practical corporation. i regret to say that we see no

signs that russia is respecting its international commitments. so today we will review our relations with russia, and decide what to do next. >> also on the agenda at n.a.t.o. headquarters is how the alliance helps and supports and trains the afghan armed forces after this year. we know that the u.s. is drawing down its troop involvement there. they are talking to non-n.a.t.o. partners in isaf, the international force there, and the deputy foreign minister of afghanistan is here, and are looking at the candidacy of four countries, including georgia, saying they'll offer a package to georgia, not an invitation to join, but that's going to be a major irritant to russia, if there's a move towards georgia becoming closer to the western

alliance, former soviet movement into the western square - that's the last thing russia wants to see. >> nadeem bobba joining us from brussels. egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi says he will not interfere with court rules after a verdict in the trial of al jazeera adjourn lifts. there has been worldwide outcry after peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted of aiding a terrorist groups. president abdul fatah al-sisi is ignoring calls from some western leaders for clem edgesy, sake the -- clemency, saying the rulings of the court must be respected. >> translation: i called the minister of justice and said we will not interfere because the egyptian judiciary is independent. no one interferes, comments or talk about state's institutions

24 hours after the al jazeera journalists were sentenced journalists came from around the world, holding vigils demanding the release from peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. after strong comments politicians and congress are criticising the egyptian government. patty culhane reports. when al jazeera's journal lifts peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were sentenced to at least seven years behind bars for doing their jobs mohamed fadel fahmy shouted from his cage. "egypt will pay for this." now the american media is acting the obama administration if they will make egypt pay a price. >> three journalists from al jazeera... >> the verdict made headlines in the united states. on television, in the newspapers. the powerful "new york times" focussing its editorial on the unjust verd ibility calling the obama administration response confused and disturbing.

the country's most influential comedian spent a segment mocking the trial. >> even more than the corruption of the trial, what bothers me is the laziness. at least have the desensy to forge evidence. it's not hard. oh, my card, it's the reporters having an underwater terrorist conference with only westbound and dr doom. that's more convincing than what the egyptian court convicted these men on. >> at the white house, future money to europe will be revealed. the u.s. gave the egyptian military $572 million, and secretary of state john kerry is defending that decision now. >> well, we reduced our aid. we are not providing aid directly to the go. we provide aid to the military. >> that's a different message that he gave on sunday, a day before the verdict where he heralded abdul fatah al-sisi's commitment to human rites and

u.s. aid. >> president obama and the administration have proposed providing the full amount of aid, the $650 billion. >> on tuesday congressman proposed a bill to reduce the aid to egypt. it failed. he promised to keep trying. >> the writing is on the wall. it cannot continue to imprison protesters and journalists. >> reporter: the most powerful men in the senate calling for release. >> even though the president of egypt said he wouldn't interfere, i hope the process allowance relief given to the people simply trying to do their jobs. >> reporter: u.s. officials made it clear, they believe these three are paying a price for doing their jobs. the question is being asked, will egypt pay a price for locking them up because of it. >> well, one of the three gaoled al jazeera journalists, mohamed fadel fahmy, was visited in

prison by his brother on tuesday. he says that he is devastated by the verdict. >> translation: we spoke to him this morning. of course, they are completely disappointed, as we all are, but we are not losing hope. we are going to see what the proper next steps, what they are to take. we hope this can be corrected and there'll be corrective measures. yesterday was miserable. today we are trying to gather our strength and we managed to - to, you know, stay calm. we are reassuring that this is a major mistake and that we are sure that there is a way out of it. so we have to reassure him that

things are still vulnerable. for more on the detention of our journalists and the worldwide reaction. check out the website aljazeera.com/freeajstaff. the pakistani military has been launching air strikes in northern waziristan. earlier this mark they had an all-out offensive after a taliban attack on karachi airport. it's estimated 300,000 fled the region, authorities are struggling to cope with food shortages. many of the internally displaced have fled. our correspondent kamal hyder joins us live. what is the situation where you are, for those that fled the military's offensive in north

waziristan? >> according to the latest figures, 450,000 got out of non-waziristan. for the first week there were difficulties, because they were not getting the rations and supplies. the military set up distribution units, not at one election, but three, in order to give the people essential supplies such as flower, lent ills. if you can see, i lost my cameraman, so see na the supplies are arriving in large numbers, and the people are given 12,000 rupees, 120 rupees to begin with. after that they are given food rations and supplies. now, the supplies are a logistical nightmare. they are arriving from across the country. the military is involved in trying to alleviate some of the suffering of the population, it is scorching heat. soon it will be ramadan and the priority of the government is to

get the aid to the effected people before amma dan and see if the people can be looked after on the long term. as i mentioned this area has been at war. the military has been conducting a major operation, and so the number of people who may be stuck inside is a source of worry. so we expect the i.d.p.s to grow, more people to come out. it appears that now the situation is gradually coming to normal, at least as far as essential supplies are concerned. >> thank you for that kamal. that's our correspondent kamal hyder joining us from pakistan. there are conflicting reports about a sudanese woman freed from death row after her conviction for abandoning islam. she was detained at the airport whilst trying to fly to the u.s. it's unclear whether she has

been released. the u.s. state department has spoken to the sudanese government. >> the family was detained at the airport over issues related to travel and travel documents. they have not been arrested. the government has assured us of their safety, the embassy is highly involved working with the family and the government. we are engaging with the officials to ensure their safe and swift departure. >> 4-time winners italy are out of the world cup. they were beaten 1-0 by uruguay. most of the talk around uruguay's luis suarez after he appeared to bite italian defender gooergeio leakeny. he's been charged. the disciplinary committee opened proceedings against the yoour a guy people. if guilty he could face a 2-year

ban. it's the third time he's been spotted biting a rival. we'll speak to a former top football referee in this in the next hour. more news on the world cup and, of course, the rest of the day's news all on our website, aljazeera.com. >> for anwar a lpga a l alawki.